Psalm
A prayer of David.
17 Do hear what is righteous, O Jehovah; do pay attention to my entreating cry;+
Do give ear to my prayer without lips of deception.+
3 You have examined my heart, you have made inspection by night,+
You have refined me; you will discover [that] I have not schemed.+
My mouth will not transgress.+
4 As for the activities of men,*
By the word of your lips I myself have watched against the paths of the robber.+
5 Let my steps take hold* on your tracks,+
[In which] my footsteps will certainly not be made to totter.+
6 I myself do call upon you, because you will answer me, O God.*+
Incline your ear to me. Hear my saying.+
7 Make your acts of loving-kindnesses* wonderful,+ O Savior of those seeking refuge
From the revolters against your right hand.+
8 Keep me as the pupil of the eyeball,+
In the shadow of your wings may you conceal me,+
9 Because of the wicked who have despoiled me.
The enemies against my soul themselves keep closing in upon me.+
10 They have enclosed [themselves] with their own fat;+
With their mouth they have spoken in haughtiness;+
11 As regards our steps, now they have surrounded us;+
They fix their eyes to incline to the earth.+
12 His likeness is that of a lion that yearns to tear to pieces+
And that of a young lion sitting in concealed places.
13 Do rise up, O Jehovah; do confront him to the face;+
Make him bow down; do provide escape for my soul from the wicked one with your sword,+
14 From men, [by] your hand, O Jehovah,+
From men of [this] system+ of things,* whose share is in [this] life,+
And whose belly you fill with your concealed treasure,+
Who are satisfied with sons+
And who do lay up for their children what they leave over.+